Friday, March 13, 2009

Tracking Caltrain's bike car usage

Caltrain said they would try to always schedule two bike cars on certain trains, but they have no way to monitor how effective this setup is. The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition Caltrain Bikes On Board project is working on a web-based interface for commuters to monitor this effectives, but why not just use what's already available?

This is far from a complete list because Ravi's "@bikecar" project needs more volunteers. Perhaps SFBC Bikes On Board can encourage participation in this useful service? The Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition also wants to measure Caltrain's performance on the 2 bike cars. Click here to learn how you can participate.

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Can You Spare 2 Minutes per Day to Help?As of March 2, Caltrain is striving to put two bike cars on specifiedtrains, but they have no funding to monitor effectiveness. That's whereyou come in. We are looking for people who ride the following trains,which are supposed to have two bike cars every weekday:Northbound: 103, 135, 151, 155, 189, 197, 207, 211, 217, 231, 241, 245,261, 267, 275, 277, 287, 383Southbound: 134, 142, 154, 158, 194, 196, 210, 216, 220, 228, 230, 252,266, 312, 362, 372, 378, 386Please respond to this email if you're able to spare two minutes per dayto tell us how many bike cars your train actually had, and we'll providean easy web-based reporting method.